Three Pieces of Randolph County Alabama Stoneware

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American & Southern | December 5, 2024

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Dec 5, 2024

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Featuring items from the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia: to include early Southern pottery with Edgefield, Georgia and Alabama examples as well as a Lanier Meaders face jug; Southern furniture to include four sugar chests, Kentucky sideboard, early long guns with Southern examples, Chinese export to include three Charles Manigault examples, fine art work by Will Henry Stevens, Carl Kraft and Alice R. Huger Smith and others, silver to include Tiffany and aesthetic movement examples Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com

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• Lot Description

  churn, light olive green speckled alkaline glaze, two looping tail strap handles to one side, lug handle to the other, stamped five near upper strap handle, incised line at shoulder, collared rim, lid shelf, circa 1900, 18 in.; tall storage jar, salt glaze exterior, green alkaline glaze interior, thick applied tailed strap handles at shoulders, inscribed "5" at shoulder and incised line, flared rim, lid ledge, attributed to the Boggs family, late 1800s, 18-3/4 in.; salt glaze over Albany slip glazed jug, "bullet" form, tight strap handle from shoulder to short straight spout, incised line at shoulder, late 1800s, 13-1/2 in. 

  Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

  Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 129, cat. no. 281, Burrison writes, "The second loop handle near the bottom to help facilitate emptying is characteristic of Alabama churns", for cat. no. 282, Burrison writes, "This pieces displays an unusual glaze combination used by some Alabama potters", and for cat. no. 283, Burrison writes, "The continuous 'bombshell' slope from neck to shoulder is typical of later Alabama jugs."

  Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024

  Illustrated: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, color plate 8, center of book, cat. nos. 281, 282, and 283

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• Provenance

  From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

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  glaze voids and anomalies as made, surface wear and abrasions, base edge wear, churn with rim wear and small frits, small chip to edge of lug handle, glaze frits to body, residue on exterior that illuminates under black light, jar with kiln drips, clay body frits, 2 in. hairline down from rim to one handle, evident in interior, associated 4 in. hairline under same handle, three prong 2 ins. each hairline at base edge, large old circular patch repair on exterior base for strengthening, not evident in interior, different shade glazes in interior lower body, jug with kiln drips, surface abrasions, glaze and clay body frits, debris in interior, 9 in. indented line around base as made, stacker mark on base